surebought
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Please! Don't get into the Fishing Business in Baja.
I know opportunity knocks but once. I know you can't miss. I know the numbers are just incredible. Its the opportunity of a lifetime. The Japanese
are buying it by the ton. Sure the boat you have in Canada can secure the license to fish for Black Cod or even those Long Neck Clams as a plan B.
Nobody will steal the traps. We don't have to deal with the cooportivas. Its so easy and it's very profitable. Why are you hesitating? It would be
like Humphrey Bogart in Ernest Hemmingway's "To Have and Have Not." That title tells it all.
Please Nomads - don't try this at home. Its even worse than the Real Estate Business. Don't take my word for it; ask Dennis. He's known his share
of these tragic individuals who thought they were going to get rich in the Fishing Business only to lose everything but their lives. I know there is
someone out there thinking about doing this right now and he's the guy I am trying to reach. Stop! I know a guy that can get you on SSI if you
thinking has gotten that out of wack.
In a while the smile on my face turned to plaster.
Stick around while the clown who is sick, does the trick of disaster. Neil Young from Mr Soul.
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surfer jim
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....I guess I just don't get it....
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woody with a view
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sampling your own medicine(s)?
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wessongroup
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Would think it (being in competition with the people of the Country) for the fishing dollar would be a bit difficult...
Saw a guy in Cabo in 1987 that was trying to get out some way... had gone down and started a "boat repair" business .... at the time, he was 69 and
trying to get back across and live with a relative in Riverside County.
He had sold all, and moved down to Cabo and things were very good for a while, that is until "his" business started to take away from the "locals"
business. Which he was able to do very easily at first, newer tools, all kinds of parts... then as the years went on, it became harder to get jobs,
the police and other agencies seemed to always be finding something he did not do "correctly" and getting repair parts became impossible to obtain and
the sure charges he would be facing for bring down something to fix a vessel were just plain outrageous.. we flew in, and were dragging in a duffle
bag a heat exchanger for the guy.. I was the biggest fella, so they asked me to take it through customs, I declined.. after about hour we finally were
able to leave... I have no idea how the fella was able to get it though customs at the Airport in Cabo...
I'm sure one can make a go of it, but would think it would be a tough... and believe the recommendation to think it though is sage advise .....
thanks.
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
I know opportunity knocks but once. I know you can't miss. I know the numbers are just incredible. Its the opportunity of a lifetime. The Japanese
are buying it by the ton. Sure the boat you have in Canada can secure the license to fish for Black Cod or even those Long Neck Clams as a plan B.
Nobody will steal the traps. We don't have to deal with the cooportivas. Its so easy and it's very profitable. Why are you hesitating? It would be
like Humphrey Bogart in Ernest Hemmingway's "To Have and Have Not." That title tells it all.
Please Nomads - don't try this at home. Its even worse than the Real Estate Business. Don't take my word for it; ask Dennis. He's known his share
of these tragic individuals who thought they were going to get rich in the Fishing Business only to lose everything but their lives. I know there is
someone out there thinking about doing this right now and he's the guy I am trying to reach. Stop! I know a guy that can get you on SSI if you
thinking has gotten that out of wack. |
From my understanding, a business like that would be considered a business that would take away jobs from Mexicans.
Even if you got the permits, eveybody would make it very hard for you at every step.
Why do it?
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DENNIS
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I think he's refering to some people we both knew who came down here trying to get into the fish broker business. They wanted to be the middle man
for the high end products, Lobster, Caracol, Abalone, Shrimp etc.
They would actually be excited thinking they were going to steal candy from a baby and would eventually leave town broke, broken and in shock.
The mindset they brought with them was incredibly arrogant and naive and the industry ate them alive. I mean, they would come down here with less than
zero Spanish and expect the fishing co-ops to give them credit.
It's embarrassing to think about it.
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wessongroup
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got it
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fishbuck
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I have a friend in Ensenada with a sportfishing business.
He does pretty well. 2009 was a little slow for him.
But no problems that I know about. He's an american.
His name is Jay and his boat is Selena.
He also runs Ensenada.com.
Check it out.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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arrowhead
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By the way, not exactly on subject, but last night on the Tijuana TV channel that carries "Los Reporteros" they did a half-hour program on the
environmental issues of the northern Sea of Cortez around San Felipe. They had interviews with biologists from PROFEPA and interviewed several local
fisherman. They were ragging on in a very uncomplimentary way about all the gringo ghettos up there and showed pictures of all the half-built condos.
They were talking about the lack of water and sanitation and all the damage being done. The fishermen were complaining about all the supposedly
federal land along the coast that had been illegally fenced off by developers and being denied access to fishing sites.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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Bajahowodd
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If they were complaining about San Felipe, how could they have missed Rocky Point? The development there is crazy.
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